Chairman David Gantt, Buncombe County Commission

1/21/2014
Buncombe County and Downtown Asheville
PARTNERS FOR PROGRESS
David Gantt
Buncombe County Commission Chair
January 16, 2014
How is money from city taxpayers
allocated now?
Do Asheville city residents get their
fair share of county sales tax and
property tax payments?
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WHERE ARE WE NOW?
HOW DO WE STAND?
WHAT DOES BUNCOMBE
COUNTY SPEND MONEY ON?
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Buncombe County 2012 Demographics
Population
City of Asheville (34%)
244,490
85,712
White
Black
Hispanic
87.4%
6.4%
6.0%
Female
Male
52.4%
47.7%
Buncombe County Historical Tax Rates
76.5¢
73.0¢
63.0¢
59.0¢
56.9¢
53.0¢
52.5¢
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Urban County Comparison FY2014 Tax Rates
88.9¢
81.6¢
71.7¢
53.0¢
53.4¢
55.4¢
74.0¢
77.4¢
78.0¢
56.9¢
Buncombe County Budget
2014 Overall Budget: $337M
2014 General Fund Budget: $265M
Revenues
Expenditures
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Function
FY2013
FY2014
Education
$75,809,954
$75,301,612
Public Safety
$62,702,202
$64,393,955
Human
Service
$79,958,697
$84,693,201
Percent of
Budget
82.0%
84.7%
Property Tax
Collected from Asheville
Collected Outside Asheville
$65.7M
$91.3M
Total Collected
$157M
Sales Tax
Collected from Asheville
Collected Outside Asheville
$17.7M
$21.5M
Total Collected
$39.2M
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Sales Tax Distribution
Current Method
Woodfin, $531,950
City of Asheville,
$14,333,691
Weaverville,
$845,097
Black Mountain,
$1,070,436
Biltmore Forest,
$753,825
Montreat, $271,613
Asheville City
Schools, $2,385,802
Buncombe County
Unrestricted,
$24,802,892
Fire Districts,
$4,339,066
Buncombe County
Current Year School
Capital Outlay,
$10,200,435
Buncombe County
School Capital Fund,
$12,624,739
Sales Tax Distribution – Per Capita
Woodfin, $1,293,518
Weaverville,
$768,142
City of Asheville,
$17,680,278
Black Mountain,
$1,652,920
Biltmore Forest,
$282,609
Montreat, $142,027
Buncombe County
Current Year School
Capital Outlay,
$11,773,355
Buncombe County
Unrestricted,
$23,995,207
Buncombe County
School Capital Fund,
$14,571,490
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Gain $ from Per Capita
Asheville gains:
Black Mountain gains:
Woodfin gains:
$3,346,587
$582,484
$761,568
Lose $ from Per Capita
City Schools Lose:
Fire Districts Lose:
Biltmore Forest Loses:
Montreat Loses:
Weaverville Loses:
$2,385,802
$4,339,066
$471,216
$129,587
$76,954
Investment in Asheville Regional
Airport (1958 to present)
City of Asheville
$250,000 Purchase of Land
$636,950 Fixed Assets
$886,950
Total
Buncombe County
$5.5M in 1988 bonds (part 1)
$0.5M in 1988 bonds (part 2)
$2.0M in 1999 bonds (paid off in 2012)
$8.0M Total
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Capital Investments in US Cellular Center
Year
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
County
$340K
$340K
$0
$0
$340K
TDA
$2.2M
$150K
$1.7M
$0
$0
City
$100K
$0
$613K
$250K
$310K
Capital Investments in McCormick Baseball Field
County:
$5.8M since 1998
Made last bond
payment in 2013
City:
$650k since
1992
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Capital investments also in:
Nature Center- $150k
Aston Park Tennis Courts- $250k
Golf Course- $1.4M
Beaucatcher Park- $192K
Haw Creek Park- $240K
County Money Spent within Asheville
City limits
$88M of $265M County Operating
Budget
Based on investments in:
 Human Services
 Public Service and Detention
 Education
 Tax Assessment
 Cultural Arts (library, recreation, culture)
 Emergency Services
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Recent Projects
 Create more new job opportunities- 3047 new
jobs and $805M increase in tax base in past 3
years- Still need much, much more
 Public Safety Training Facility- Training for law,
fire, emergency, hazardous wastes, rescueWoodfin landfill site ($15.7M)
 Courthouse- Renovate 75 year old Courthouse
with Safety Tower ($30.8M) and Open new
$29.3M LEED certified Judicial Center
 New County Building (Carolina First) with
Commissioner Chambers- Also house County
Manager, Finance, Personnel ($9.5M)
Recent Projects
Began major construction at AB Tech to
increase capacity for medical employees
$40.5M for Allied Health Building
$7M for PST Classroom Building
$15M for Victoria Campus Parking
Totaling
$62.5
Million
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Benefits to the Community
 Courts and County offices remain downtown to
support urban core
 Renew Courthouse facility for decades of future
usage
 Relieve Courtroom crowding, increase security
 Preserve historical building to compliment City
Hall and Pack Square Park landmarks
 Least costly option for taxpayers- No tax increase
needed to fund construction
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Bottom Line Downtown Capital Investments
$13.1M
$28.6M
$1.6M
$2.0M
$4.3M
$8.0M
$4.6M
$14.1M
$28.5M
$9.5M
Parking Deck:
Life Safety Tower:
Courthouse Windows:
Pack Square Park:
Pack Library:
Coxe Avenue Building:
Woodfin Street Building:
Carolina First Renovations:
Detention Center Addition:
Buncombe County Admin Building:
Grand Total of $132.1M
Downtown Annual Contributions
Pack Place:
Pack Square Park:
Asheville Art Museum:
Ash Green Works:
$440K
$150K
$19K
$23K
Yearly Total
$632K
YMI Cultural Center
The Diana Wortham Theater
Colburn Earth Science Museum
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Investment in Economic
Development and Job Creation
Item
EDC yearly budget
New Belgium
GE Aviation
Linamar (2011)
Ingles Market
Nypro
Linamar (2012)
Jacob Holm
Reict GmbH
Investment
City
County
$175M
$126M
$125M
$99M
$83M
$75M
$46M
$28M
$40k to $50k
$5.1M
$1.5M
$2.2M
$0
$0
$1.0M
$0
$0
$475k
$8.4M
$2.6M
$7.0M
$1.7M
$1.8M
$4.5M
$1.1M
$350K
$9.8M
$27.4M
GEAviationToBuildCeramicMatrix
CompositesPlantinBuncombeCounty
250 JobsRetained
52NewJobsCreated
$126MillionInvestedinBuncombeCounty
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2010 -2013 Announcements
CY 2010 - CY 2013
New Capital Investment:
$805M
New Job Creation:
3,047
Dirty Dozen in early 1980s
Worst school facilities in USA
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Asheville Middle
School
Investment of $35 million to build new facility from General
Fund
Most expensive school in County history
Will start in 2014 budget
Isaac Dickson
Elementary School
Investment of $18 million to build new facility from
General Fund
Construction has already started
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Total investment in City School
construction
over and above
Article 39 mandatory allocation
&
Supplemental City School tax of 15 cents
is:
$53 million dollars
Universal Health Care lives in
Buncombe County, NC
 60,000 medical visits in 2013
 4,400 more patients since partnership with
WNCCHS began
 16,000 dental visits
 Partners include: WNCCHS; Buncombe County;
Mission Hospital; Buncombe County Medical
Society; and Project Access
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Preservation of mountains and farms
Over 5,262 acres in County easement at
$1,212/acre
$6.3M County $ leveraged $32M in grants and
donations
72,792 acres total preserved in Buncombe
County national forest, parks, watersheds, and
easements
Hickory Nut Gap Farm
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Bee Branch Farm
Sandy Mush – 500 Acres
Claxton Farm
North of Weaverville - 500
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PARTNERS FOR PROGRESS
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